| 单词 | rock herb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrock herb rock herb n. (a) = rock plant n. 2; †(b) a kind of seaweed, perhaps one of the genus Fucus (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > growing on or among stone or rock rock herb1626 rock plant1694 rupestral1847 ruderal1873 stone-plant1883 lithophyte1895 chasmophyte1900 vertical1902 chomophyte1909 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §570 There be likewise Rock-Herbs; But I suppose those are where there is some Mould or Earth. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. iii. xi. 68 The Leaves of the great Rock Herb, are very like unto a Man's Tongue. 1833 J. Pardoe Traits & Trad. Portugal II. 194 I began to doubt whether it were not some small rock-herb which was cheating us with the hope of richer vegetation. 1909 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36 660 Rock herbs: The characteristic rock flora of these ravines includes Aquilegia canadensis, Campanula rotundifolia, [etc.]. 2006 L. Nagy et al. in P. Shaw Nat. of Cairngorms xiv. 227/2 This is accompanied by a great variety of ledge and rock herbs such as Alpine Saxifrage,..Rock Sedge and Mountain Bladder-fern. < as lemmas |
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